Overview

e.b.Studios, founded in '99 by interactive design pioneer Erika
Bauer,
offers creative services for online, mobile and print. From March 2010-November 2011, Erika worked as UI/UX Manager and as a founding member of the NOOK team at Barnes & Noble Digital Products (NOOK & NOOKcolor) in Silicon Valley. In December 2011, she relocated to Seattle, Washington and soon began working with Amazon's Kindle Content Design team. She is no longer available for freelance opportunities.

PROJECTS 2012
- Fall 2012: Amazon ships the new Kindle Fire HD tablets. Erika contributed to the shopping experience design on the new line of tablets from Amazon.

PROJECTS 2010-2011
- June 2011: Barnes & Noble
ships the NOOK Simple Touch. CNET says "Best e-ink reader," 6/1/11. Erika worked with the team on the system and app UX for this new device. It was a sister to the first NOOK Color tablet, which Erika worked on in 2010.
- The design project Erika completed for Sony Ericsson from 2009-2010 announced February 2011 at Mobile World Congress: Xperia Play, the first PlayStation Android smartphone.

September 2008Erika recently helped MaryAnn Cotter at Cooking
Capsules with her Android application IA and UI upgrade for the
G phone. It's the first smartphone utility of its kind! The app just
won a place in the TOP 20 in the Android Developer's Challenge Round
2!!! See
MaryAnn's blog for more info. See all
winners on the Android site.

2007-2008Erika worked with an international team at Catalyst
Mobile in Emeryville. Erika created complete mobile design solutions
including wireframes and flow documents, design skins, icon designs,
and WAP and Flash Lite prototypes for mobile entertainment software.
Initial rollout planned on Symbian devices.